AZ-700: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

AZ-700 Course: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

This course teaches network engineers how to design, implement, and maintain Azure networking solutions. This course covers the process of designing, implementing, and managing core Azure network infrastructure, hybrid network connections, traffic load balancing, network routing, private access to Azure services, and network monitoring and security. Learn how to design and implement a secure and reliable network infrastructure in Azure and establish hybrid connectivity, routing, private access to Azure services, and monitoring in Azure.

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Course Audience

This course is for network engineers looking to specialize in Azure network solutions. An Azure network engineer designs and implements core Azure network infrastructure, hybrid network connections, traffic load balancing, network routing, private access to Azure services, and network monitoring and security. The Azure network engineer will manage network solutions for optimal performance, resilience, scale, and security.

AZ-700 Training Elements

• Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks (11 Units)
• Design and implement hybrid networks (9 Units)
• Design and implement Azure ExpressRoute (11 Units)
• Load balancing non-HTTP(S) traffic in Azure (7 Units)
• Load balancing HTTP(S) traffic in Azure (7 Units)
• Design and implement network security (11 Units)
• Design and implement private access to Azure services (7 Units)
• Design and implement network monitoring (5 Units)

AZ-700 Course Content: Designing and Implementing Microsoft Azure Networking Solutions

Unit 1: Introduction to Azure Virtual Networks

Lessons

• Explore Azure Virtual Networks
  
• Configure Public IP Addresses
  
• Exercise: Design and Implement a Virtual Network in Azure
  
• Design Name Resolution for the Virtual Network
  
• Exercise: Configure DNS in Azure
  
• Enable Connectivity between Virtual Networks with Peering
  
• Exercise: Connect Two Azure Virtual Networks Using Global Virtual Network Peering
  
• Implement Virtual Network Traffic Routing
  
• Configure Internet Access with Azure Virtual NAT
  

Unit 2: Design and Implementation of Hybrid Networks

Lessons

• Design and Implement Azure VPN Gateway
  
• Exercise: Create and Configure a Virtual Network Gateway
  
• Connect Networks with Site-to-Site VPN Connections
  
• Connect Devices to Networks with Point-to-Site VPN Connections
  
• Connect Remote Resources Using Azure Virtual WANs
  
• Exercise: Create a Virtual WAN Instance Using Azure Portal
  
• Create a Network Virtual Appliance (NVA) in a Virtual Hub
  

Unit 3: Design and Implementation of Azure ExpressRoute

• Explore Azure ExpressRoute
  
• Design an ExpressRoute Implementation
  
• Exercise: Configure an ExpressRoute Gateway
  
• Exercise: Provision an ExpressRoute Circuit
  
• Configure Peering for an ExpressRoute Implementation
  
• Connect an ExpressRoute Circuit to a Virtual Network
  
• Connect Geographically Dispersed Networks with ExpressRoute Global Reach
  
• Improve Data Path Performance between Networks with ExpressRoute FastPath
  
• Troubleshoot ExpressRoute Connection Issues
  

Unit 4: Load Balancing Non-HTTP(S) Traffic

• Explore Load Balancing Options in Azure Portal
  
• Design and Implement Azure Load Balancer Using Azure Portal
  
• Exercise: Create and Configure an Internal Load Balancer Using Azure Portal
  
• Explore Azure Traffic Manager
  
• Exercise: Create a Traffic Manager Profile Using Azure Portal
  

Unit 5: Load Balancing HTTP(S) Traffic in Azure

• Design Azure Application Gateway
  
• Configure Azure Application Gateway
  
• Exercise: Implement Azure Application Gateway
  
• Design and Configure Azure Front Door
  
• Exercise: Create a Front Door Instance for a High-Availability Web Application Using Azure Portal
  

Unit 6: Design and Implementation of Network Security

• Obtain Network Security Recommendations with Microsoft Defender for Cloud
  
• Implement Azure DDoS Protection Using Azure Portal
  
• Exercise: Configure DDoS Protection on a Virtual Network
  
• Implement and Configure Network Security Groups
  
• Design and Implement Azure Bastion
  
• Design and Implement Azure Firewall
  
• Exercise: Implement and Configure Azure Firewall Using Azure Portal
  
• Work with Azure Firewall Manager
  
• Exercise: Protect a Virtual Hub with Azure Firewall Manager
  
• Implement a Web Application Firewall
  

Unit 7: Design and Implementation of Private Access to Azure Services

• Explain Virtual Network Service Endpoints
  
• Define Private Link Services and Private Endpoints
  
• Integrate Private Endpoint with DNS
  
• Exercise: Restrict Network Access to PaaS Resources Using Virtual Network Service Endpoints
  
• Exercise: Create an Azure Private Endpoint Using Azure PowerShell
  

Unit 8: Design and Implementation of Network Monitoring

• Monitor Networks Using Azure Monitor
  
• Exercise: Monitor a Load Balancer Resource Using Azure Monitor
  
• Use Azure Network Watcher to Troubleshoot and Analyze the Network
  

Prerequisites

Azure network engineers begin this role with experience in enterprise networking, on-premises or cloud infrastructure, and network security.

• Understanding of on-premises virtualization technologies, including virtual machines, virtual networks, and virtual hard disks.
• Understanding of network configuration, including TCP/IP, Domain Name System (DNS), Virtual Private Networks (VPNs), firewalls, and encryption technologies.
• Understand software-defined networking.
• Understand hybrid network connectivity methods, such as VPN.
• Understand resilience and disaster recovery, including backup and restore operations.

Language

• Course: English / Spanish
• Labs: English / Spanish

Associated Microsoft Certification: Azure Network Engineer Associate

Microsoft Certified: Azure Network Engineer Associate

Demonstrate the ability to design, implement, and maintain Azure network infrastructure, load balance traffic, route networks, and more.

Level: Intermediate
Role: Network Engineer
Product: Azure
Subject: Technical infrastructure